Requirements for adopting persons according to Vietnam’s current regulations

16:42, 01/01/2014

According to Vietnam’s regulations, adoption means the establishment of parent and child relationships between the adopting and adopted persons. The law has specified certain requirements that adopting persons must meet if they wish to adopt a child.

Specifically, according to Article 14 of the Law on Adoption 2010 of Vietnam, an adopting person must fully meet the following conditions:

- Having full civil act capacity;

- Being 20 years or more older than the adopted person;

- Having health, financial and accommodation conditions for assuring the care for and nurture and education of the adopted child;

- Having good ethical qualities.

The following persons may not adopt a child:

- Having some of the parental rights over a minor child restricted;

- Currently serving an administrative handling decision at an educational institution or medical treatment establishment;

- Currently serving an imprisonment penalty;

- Having a criminal record of commission of any of the crimes: intentionally infringing upon another's life, health, dignity and honor; maltreating or persecuting one's grandparents, parents, spouse, children, grandchildren or caretaker; enticing or compelling a minor to violate the law or harboring a minor violator; trafficking in. fraudulently swapping or appropriating children, which has not been remitted yet.

In case the step father or step mother adopts a step child or a natural aunt or uncle adopts a nephew or cousin, Points b and c of this Article will not apply.

More details can be found in the Law on Adoption 2010 of Vietnam, which takes effect from January 01, 2011.

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